Foxconn investing in $30M water recycling system

MILWAUKEE, WI, JUNE 25, 2018 -- Foxconn Technology Group plans to invest in a $30 million recycling system that will significantly reduce the amount of water it has to draw from Lake Michigan for its proposed manufacturing complex in southeast Wisconsin, the company said Tuesday.

Taiwan-based Foxconn announced that the "zero liquid discharge" system will virtually eliminate the return of manufacturing wastewater into the nearby lake. Foxconn said in an emailed statement that the recycling system is expected to reduce water intake by more than 3.5 million gallons (13.25 million liters) per day. Read more at Impomag